Wildfire near Castiglione di Sicilia
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning through other natural land and sclerophyllous vegetation near Castiglione di Sicilia, Italy, an active wildfire has scorched 605 ha (1,495 acres) since it started on 2026-07-18. The fire has maintained a steady trajectory over its 6 days of burning, averaging an approximate growth of 101 ha/day.
Satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours has detected 2 heat signatures clustered nearby, indicating the ongoing spread and activity of the fire front across the landscape.
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